smoothies

Around the time I started this blog I posted about my New Years General Resolutions. You can go back and re-read it if you so desire, but I can summarize it for you with ease- I wanted to be healthier. I think I’ve achieved this. Not to suggest that I’m a picture of health and [...]

There’s no point in hoping I’ll ever go completely raw in my diet- there are some things (like steak) that will always be on my plate that just don’t seem to fit with the “uncooked” idea. (Yes, steak tartare is wonderful but I can’t make that for myself. Get real.) I really like trying out [...]

I’ve been desperate to make hummus in my new food processor since the moment I arrived home with it. I’ve had two recipes (both raw, vegan and gluten free) that I’ve tried previously, but discovered that making hummus in my mothers’ 1970-whatever blender is a bad idea… it makes sad noises, takes forever and the [...]

Email, 10:12 am From: kyle@thatgirlkyle.com To: Lisa@home tried a smoothie experiment today- only spinach, fruit and water into the blender. no oj, no yogurt. it’s good! very thick, but good. i like it with the yogurt, but i think i need to stop consuming it everyday. so, we’ll go a couple days without , and [...]

I just know you all are curious about that green smoothie breakfast I mentioned in my last post. Thanks to my friend Lisa for introducing me to the idea (in fact, this week she’s posting a smoothie recipe everyday!) I won’t expound upon why you should have breakfast or whatever. All you need to know is [...]

I turned 30 last year and unlike most people who lament their second 29th birthday, I didn’t have a hard time with it. I was done with the post high school find-yourself period, the college studious-but-stupid spell and the find-a-job-and-act-like-you’re-grown-up stretch. I’d had the “lots’o’fun” that is expected of everyone in their 20’s (including that [...]